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It was first dredged up in 1870s off Papua New Guinea, and now scientists say they've hauled one up from the deep once again: a so-called faceless fish. The AFP reports on the scientific bounty ...

Cookiecutter sharks that glow in the dark, phallic peanut worms and uncannily displeased-looking blobfish were never meant to see the light of day. And yet, they are among more than 100 deep-sea ...

A series of mysterious new fish species have been discovered in the depths of Australia’s eastern abyss. Delving nearly 5000 metres into Australian waters, the Investigator research vessel collected ...

An international team of scientists is halfway through a month-long journey surveying the ocean floor along Australia's eastern abyss, a previously unexplored stretch of marine territory reaching ...

Tim O’Hara from Museums Victoria, the chief scientist onboard “The Investigator,” told news media the area they were presently searching was “the most unexplored environment on earth.” Since beginning ...

Nature never fails to amaze people. Recently, Australian scientists have discovered a fish with no face in a world-first exploration of a deep-sea abyss. The crew on board the CSIRO’s (Commonwealth ...

Scientists have discovered a faceless fish during a voyage to one of the deepest parts of the ocean ever visited—Australia's eastern abyss. The bizarre creature is only the second specimen of the ...

Usually, dragon fish make headlines for their hunting skills. Lurking at the bottom of the abyss, concealed by their near-perfect black scales, these 15- to 40-centimeter-long predators use their wide ...